A V E S - S P E C T A

radio amateur N 1 A I A

I operate CW almost exclusively, emphasizing DX and contests. My station consists of an Elecraft K1 (s/n 00139) for 40, 30, 20, and 15 meters feeding a wire up about 10 m; an Icom IC2000 and Diamond 7/8-wave vertical for 2-meter FM; and a Down East Microwave 2-m xvtr waiting for a 10-meter rig (got a TS430 to sell cheap?) before being connected to a Cushcraft 13B2. I use the WBR receiver described in QST (Oct 2001) for some SWLing.

QSL Information

Scott Richardson, 29 Knox Lane, Berwick ME 03901, USA

DX Operations

WA1YXL/VO2: Labrador City, Canada. CQ Zone 2. May 1986.
KH4/N7TNL: Sand Island, Midway Atoll. December 1991 to April 1992, October 1993 to January 1994, November 1996, and June 1997.

Licensing History

SWL in 1972. Learned Morse Code from W1QHG (my Quite Happy Grandfather). First callsign WN1RSY issued March 2, 1973, as a 2-year non-renewable novice class. WN1RSY expired. Obtained second novice license, WN1YXL, in July 1975 under new rules. Operated as AK1YXL and AA1YXL during 1976 bicentennial celebration. Passed general class exam in the FCC offices at the Custom House in Boston in January 1980. Moved to Washington State in 1986. Obtained 7-area callsign, N7TNL, in 1991. Returned to New England in 1999. Requested W1QHG in 2000 to honor my grandfather. In early 2004, requested N1AIA as a snappy CW callsign that better reflects my licensing era. (The N1A## block was first issued in 1978, as near as I can tell [when was N1AAA issued?]. N1ZZZ was issued Dec 29, 1997 [tnx fer info, Jeremy].)

Operating Achievements

DXCC, WAS, WAC, RCC

73 -- Scott

Updated 17 November 2005

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